Propelled by its coverage of the NBA Playoffs, TNT swept the competition in monthly ratings by ranking as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime delivery of total viewers, adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. TNT’s NBA coverage delivered 16 of basic cable’s Top 25 programs for the month among total viewers and adults 18-34, 15 of the Top 25 with adults 18-49 and 14 of the Top 25 with adults 25-54. In addition to winning the month, TNT scored its fifth consecutive weekly sweep of the competition.

TNT’s exclusive coverage of the 2014 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs has averaged 6,256,000 total viewers and a 3.9 U.S. HH rating through the first three games, up 30% and +26% compared with last year’s Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies (4,799,000 total viewers; 3.1 U.S. HH rating). This year’s Western Conference Finals has led the network to win the night across all of cable each night while also registering the top-rated andmost-watched sports program of the day on Sunday, May 25. Additionally, TNT’s Sports Emmy®-winning Inside the NBA is averaging 2.7 million total viewers and a 1.9 U.S. HH rating during the Western Conference Finals, up 29% and +27% over the show’s playoff-to-date averages (1.5 U.S. HH rating; 2.1 million total viewers).

Through Sunday, the NBA Playoffs on TNT (42 live game telecasts) are averaging 4,420,000 total viewers, up 4% compared with an average of 4,265,000 total viewers to date last year. The corresponding 2.9 U.S. HH rating this year is up 3% over a 2.8 U.S. HH rating to date in 2013. TNT’s coverage of the 2014 NBA Playoffs has propelled the network to win the night 17 times among total viewersand 21 times across key male demos (Men 18-34 & Men 18-49). Through Sunday, the network televised six of the top 10 NBA Playoff games on television this year (across cable and broadcast).

Adult Swim

Across May 2014, Adult Swim’s Total Day Delivery performance ranked #1 on basic cable among all targeted adults and male demos – adults 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49.

Among the network’s original programming, a new episodes of the Emmy Award-winning Robot Chicken(Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-24/18-34 and men 18-24/18-34 across the month. Similarly, the Peabody Award-winning animated series The Boondocks (Monday, 10:30 p.m.) posted delivery gains among adults 18-34/18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 8% and 38%.

On Saturday night, animated series comprising the network’s TOONAMI block, includingBleach(12 a.m.) and Blue Exorcist (2 a.m.), grew delivery of all targeted adults and men between 8% and 61%. Additional series Attack on Titan(11:30 p.m.) and Black Lagoon (2:30 a.m.) increased delivery among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and all targeted male demos across May, ranging between 3% and 24%.

Cartoon Network

Across May 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) delivery of boys 9-14. Compared to May last year, the network’s Total Day Delivery performance grew by 3% among targeted kids 2-11.

Among its original animated programming, Cartoon Network’s newest series Clarence (Monday, 7 p.m.) scored as the #1 program among all boy demos – 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 – on Monday nights in May. Additionally, the May 5 new episode premiere of award-winning original series Adventure Time (Monday, 6 p.m.) stands as the #1 telecast of the month among boys 9-14. In fact, Adventure Time (6 p.m.), Regular Show (6:30 p.m.) and Clarence(7 p.m.) all ranked #1 in their respective time periods on all television among boys 6-11 & 9-14, each increasing ALL targeted kids and boy demo ratings & deliveries by mostly double-digits, ranging between 6% and 59%.

Cartoon Network proved the #1 television network for boys 9-14 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights (6-8 p.m.), and the #1 television network for boys 6-11 on Monday and Thursday nights (6-8 p.m.). Wednesday night’s presentation of original animated series Teen Titans Go! (6:30 p.m.) ranked as the #1 program of the day among boys 2-11 & 6-11 across the month of May, with new episodes earning 3% to 24% delivery gains across all targeted kids and boy demos. Similarly, new original animated series Steven Universe (Wednesday, 7 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 6-11 & 9-14, charting delivery gains across kids 2-11, boys 2-11 and boys 6-11 between 3% and 11%.

Saturday Morning programming (7-11 a.m.) scored solid delivery gains among kids 2-11/6-11 and boys 2-11/6-11, ranging between 18% and 34% compared to May 2013. New episode premieres of Pokémon The Series XY(8 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14, earning double-digit delivery gains (18% – 29%) among kids 2-11/6-11 and boys 2-11/6-11 vs. the last year. Similarly, Tenkai Knights(7 a.m.) grew delivery among those same demos between 33% and 35% vs. the same time period last year.

TBS

TBS’s hidden-camera game show Deal With It averaged 1.5 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for last Wednesday’s episode, including 876,000 adults 18-49 and 398,000 adults 18-34. TBS recently announced it is extending the show’s second season with additional episodes to air in the fall.

The Big Bang Theory on TBS continued to rule the comedy roost in May. The show ranked as basic cable’s#1 off-net sitcom among viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 for the month of May. The show also accounted for basic cable’sTop 15 sitcom telecasts among total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 for the final week of May.

truTV

truTV is getting younger, thanks to hit shows like Impractical Jokers and the new series The Carbonaro Effect. The network scored its youngest weekly median age of 2014-to-date: 38. That’s three years younger than the prior week and eight years younger than the same week last year. In addition, truTV’s overall primetime median age for the month of May was five years younger than May 2013.

truTV‘s brand new series The Carbonaro Effect, starring Michael Carbonaro, scored tremendous demo growth in its second week. Last Thursday’s episode garnered 458,000 adults 18-34, a +40% jump over the prior week’s premiere telecast. It also scored 699,000 adults 18-49, an increase of +11% over the premiere. In addition, The Carbonaro Effect ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 5 programs in the 10 p.m. half hour among adults 18-34. In total, last week’s episode of The Carbonaro Effect drew 1.1 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery, with a remarkably young median age of 30, four years younger than the premiere episode’s final median age.

Last week’s installment of the hit series Impractical Jokers drew 1.2 million viewers, with the show’s youngest median age ever: 28. Impractical Jokers ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 3 programs in its timeslot among adults 18-34 (516,000), trailing only sister networks TBS and Adult Swim. It was also one of the Top 5 entertainment programs in the timeslot with adults 18-49 (742,000).

Driven by the continued success of its coverage of the NBA Playoffs, TNT once again swept the competition last week by ranking as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime delivery of total viewers, households, adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. TNT also scored a top spot for the week with adults 25-54 in total day.

The NBA Playoffs on TNT averaged a 2.8 U.S. household rating and 4.3 million total viewers through the second round (39 live game telecasts), growing by +8% and +10%, respectively, over last year’s comparable coverage (2.6 U.S. HH rating; 3.9 million total viewers).

The NBA Playoffs have led TNT to win the night on cable 18 times among men 18-34 and men 18-49 and 14 times among total viewers. Additionally, TNT’s Inside the NBA averaged 2,049,000 total viewers through the second round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs, a +5% increase over last year.

TNT claimed five ofbasic cable’s top 10 programs for the week with total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, with Tuesday night’s match-up between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma City Thunder ranking as the #1 program for the week in with adults 25-54. Among adults 18-34, TNT claimed six of the week’s Top 10 programs, including five NBA Playoff match-ups and Tuesday night’s installment of Inside the NBA Playoffs.

TNT’s exclusive coverage of the NBA Western Conference Finals continues Wednesday, May 21, at 9 p.m. (ET) with Game 2 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.

Adult Swim

Across the third week of May 2014, Adult Swim’s Total Day Delivery performance ranked #1 on basic cable among all targeted adults and male demos—adults 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49.

Among the network’s original programming, a new episode premiere of Robot Chicken(Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted adults and men 18-24 & 18-34. Similarly, the new season premiere of Loiter Squad (Thursday, 12 a.m.) posted year-over-year gains among all male demos, ranging between 7% and 45%. And a new episode of The Boondocks (Monday, 10:30 p.m.) posted delivery gains among adults 18-49 and men 18-34 & 18-49 vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 5% and 24%.

On Saturday night,Attack on Titans(11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted adults and men 18-24/18-34, while Bleach (12 a.m.) and Naruto: Shippuden(1 a.m.) ranked #1 in their respective time periods among all adults/men 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49. Similarly, One Piece(1:30 a.m.), Blue Exorcist(2 a.m.), Black Lagoon(2:30 a.m.) and Beware the Batman(3 a.m.) each ranked #1 in their respective time period among adults 18-24 & 18-34 and all targeted men. The premieres of Bleach, Blue Exorcist, Black Lagoon and Beware the Batman grew year-over-year across all targeted adults and men, ranging between 4% and 146%.

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy, American Dad, The Boondocks and Robot Chicken – accounted for 27 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week among adults 18-34, and 29 of the top 50 with men 18-34, both more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across the third week of May 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) delivery of boys 9-14.

Cartoon Network once again claimed the #1 destination on television among all targeted boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 on Monday Night (6-8 p.m.). The new episode premiere of Regular Show (6:30 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the week among boys 9-14, the #1 telecast for the day among all targeted boys, and #1 in its time period among kids 9-14. The premiere also increased delivery by double-digits across the board vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 10% and 41%. A new episode of Adventure Time(6 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among kids 9-14 and all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, increasing average delivery among kids 2-11 & 9-14 and boys 9-14 between 4% and 19% vs. the same time period last year.Also, a new episodepremiere of Clarence (7 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted boys, increasing delivery among kids 9-14 and all boy demos between 2% and 13%.

Cartoon Network scored as the #1 TV network on all television among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Wednesday Night (6-8 p.m.), with the Early Prime block increasing average delivery of kids 2-11, boys 2-11, boys 6-11 and boys 9-14 between1% and 26%. A new episode premiere of original animated series Steven Universe (7 p.m.) ranked as the #1 telecast of the day among boys 6-11 and the #1 telecast in its timeslot among boys 9-14, increasing average delivery among kids 2-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 between 9% and 30% vs. last year. Teen Titans Go!’s (6:30 p.m.) new episode also claimed the #1 telecast of the day among boys 9-14 and #1 in its time period among boys 6-11, earning 1% to 37% delivery increases among all targeted kids and boys vs. the same time period last year. Similarly, Johnny Test(6 p.m.) ranked as the #1 program in its time period among boys 6-11 & 9-14.

Also during the week, Cartoon Network charted as the #1 TV network among all television networks for average delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Thursday Night (6-8 p.m.) and #1 on Tuesday Night among boys 9-14.

Saturday Morning’s animated programming line-up posted year-over-year delivery gains among all targeted kids and boys 2-11 & 6-11, ranging between 5% and 36%. The new episode premiere of Pokémon The Series XY (8 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 6-11 & 9-14, growing delivery by double-digits among all kids and boys. The new episode premiere of Tenkai Knights (7 a.m.) increased delivery by double-digits among kids 2-11 & 6-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 vs. the same time period last year.

TBS

TBS’s hidden-camera competition series Deal With It averaged 1.6 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for last Wednesday’s episode, a +17% increase over the prior week. In key demos, Deal With It averaged 926,000 adults 18-49 in Live + 3 delivery (+20% vs. the prior week) and 461,000 among adults 18-34 (+16% vs. the prior week).

The Big Bang Theory on TBS continued its competitive dominance, accounting for 19 of basic cable’s Top 20 sitcom telecasts among adults 18-49. The show also scored 18 of the top 20 sitcom telecasts among total viewers.

truTV

truTV’s brand new series The Carbonaro Effect, starring Michael Carbonaro, launched with 1.2 million viewers Thursday night, growing +9% over its lead-in. The show also scored +7% growth compared to truTV’s year-to-date performance in the Thursday 10 p.m. half hour. In key demos, The Carbonaro Effect garnered 631,000 adults 18-49 and 326,000 adults 18-34, with a median age of only 34. The show also garnered a Top 5 ranking in its timeslot among men 18-49.

truTV’s popular seriesImpractical Jokers drew 1.1 million viewers, with 669,000 adults 18-49 and 361,000 adults 18-34 last Thursday. The show was one of cable’s Top 5 entertainment programs in the 9:30 p.m. half hour among adults 18-34 and men 18-34. It also ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 5 programs in the timeslot with men 18-49.

With the continued success of the NBA Playoffs, TNT once again swept the competition last week, rating as basic cable’s #1 network in primetimeamong total viewers, adult 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. TNT also scored first-place rankings in total day delivery of adults 25-54.

The 2014 NBA Playoffs on TNT are delivering an average of 4.2 million total viewers through 33 game telecasts, a +14% increase compared to an average of 3.7 million total viewers through the same period last year. The corresponding 2.7 U.S. HH rating for the NBA Playoffs to date this year has climbed +8% over an average 2.5 HH rating in 2013. Additionally, the NBA Playoffs on TNT have won the night 15 times amongst the coveted men 18-34 and men 18-49 demos and 11 times in total viewers so far this year. TNT has also televised eight of the Top 10 most-viewed NBA Playoff games on cable in 2014, including the all of the Top 4.

For the week of May 5, the NBA Playoffs on TNT delivered seven of cable’s Top 10 most-watched programs. The playoffs propelled TNT to win the night in primetime among total viewers, men 18-34 and men 18-49 all four nights the network televised live game coverage last week.

Adult Swim

Across the second week of May 2014, Adult Swim’s Total Day performance ranked #1 on basic cable among adults 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49 and men 18-24. The network also ranked #2 for delivery of men 18-34 & 18-49, behind ESPN.

Among Adult Swim original programming, a new episode of Robot Chicken(Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among targeted adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49. On Monday night, a new episode of The Boondocks (Monday, 10:30 p.m.) posted year-over-year gains among all targeted adults and male demos, ranging between 7% and 58%.

On Saturday night’s TOONAMI block, One Piece (1:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all young adults and men. Similarly, Blue Exorcist (2 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults & men 18-24. Black Lagoon (2:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted men, while Beware the Batman (3 a.m.) ranked #1 in its timeslot among men 18-24 & 18-34. Moreover, Bleach (12 a.m.) and Naruto: Shippuden (1 a.m.) grew average delivery of targeted adults and men by double-digits vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 14% and 61%. Attack on Titan(11:30 p.m.) and Blue Exorcist (2 a.m.) also increased delivery among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and all targeted men.

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy, The Boondocks, American Dad and Robot Chicken – accounted for 15 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week with adults 18-34, more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across the second week of May 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14, earning average delivery gains among kids 2-11 by 4%, and kids 6-11 by 2%. Average Total Day delivery also grew across all targeted kids and boy demos vs. the same time period last year – highlights include kids 2-11 increasing by 15%, kids 6-11 by 14% and kids 9-14 by 6%.

On Monday night, Cartoon Network’s original animated programming fueled the network to land as the #1 television destination among kids 9-14 and boys 6-11 & 9-14 in Early Prime (6-8 p.m.). Average delivery grew across targeted kids/boys 2-11 & 6-11 vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 4% and 13%. A new episode of Adventure Time(6 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the week among boys 6-11 & 9-14, #1 for the day among kids 9-14, and #1 in its time period among kids 6-11 and boys 2-11. Similarly, a new episode of Regular Show (6:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and all targeted boys. Both new episode premieres increased average delivery by double digits across all targeted kids/boys demos vs. the same time period last year, between 11% and 102%.Wrapping up the evening, a new episode premiere of Clarence(7 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and all targeted boys.

Wrapping up the week, Cartoon Network scored as the #1 television network on all TV among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and all targeted boys on Saturday Night, #1 among kids 6-11 and all targeted boys on Friday Night, #1 among all targeted boys on Sunday Night, and #1 among boys 9-14 on Thursday Night. Thursday night (6-8 p.m.) also increased average delivery of all key kids and boy demos vs. last year – between 3% and 23% – while Friday Night grew average delivery among kids/boys 2-11 & 6-11, between 3% and 20%.

Saturday Morning posted year-over-year delivery gains among kids/boys 2-11 & 6-11,between 50% and 61%. A new episode premiere of Pokémon The Series XY(8 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14, while the premiere of Tenkai Knights(7 a.m.) grew average delivery by double-digits – between 43% and 70% – among kids 2-11 & 6-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 vs. last year.

TBS

The Big Bang Theory on TBS continued to trounce the competition last week, accounting for 19 of basic cable’s Top 20 sitcom telecasts among adults 18-49. The show also landed 17 of Top 20 sitcom telecasts for the week among total viewers.

TBS’s hidden-camera competition series Deal With It averaged more than 1.3 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for last Wednesday’s episode, a +10% increase over the prior week. In key demos, Deal With It averaged 769,000 adults 18-49 in Live + 3 delivery (+2% vs. the prior week) and 398,000 among adults 18-34 (+4% vs. the prior week).

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Driven by the success of the NBA Playoffs, TNT swept the field last week as basic cable’s #1 network in primetimeamong total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. TNT also dominated the race for young adults, ranking as television’s#1 network among adults 18-34 in primetime. Additionally, TNT garnered first-place rankings in total day delivery of adults 18-49 and adults 25-54.

TNT’s coverage of the 2014 NBA Playoffs delivered the network’s most-viewed and highest-rated first round since 2011, with an average of 4,009,000 total viewers and a 2.6 U.S. HH rating for 26 live game telecasts, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals. The network’s viewership is up +19% and its U.S. HH rating has increased +13% when compared with last year’s opening round averages (3,374,000 total viewers; 2.3 U.S. HH rating).

The 2014 NBA Playoffs have propelled TNT to win the night in primetime across all of cable television 11 times among the coveted men 18-34 and men 18-49 demos and seven times among total viewers. The network televised nine of the Top 10 most-viewed NBA Playoff games airing on cable through the first round. Additionally, TNT’s Sports Emmy®-winning Inside the NBAstudio show averaged a 1.3 U.S. HH rating and 1.8 million total viewers during the first round, up 8% and 6% respectively over last year.

TNT televised a Game 7 tripleheader on Saturday, May 4 – the Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers at 5:30 p.m. ET followed by the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors vs. the Los Angeles Clippers – averaging 5.1 million total viewers and a 3.2 U.S. HH rating. The tripleheader was up 28% among total viewers and 23% in U.S. HH rating over the network’s overall averages for this year’s first round action.

Game 7 between the Warriors/Clippers netted an average of 6.0 million total viewers and a 3.6 U.S. HH rating to register TNT’s most-viewed first round telecast since Game 7 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets in 2012. The Warriors/Clippers telecast peaked with a 4.2 U.S. HH rating and an average of 6.9 million total viewers from 1:30-1:45 a.m.

TNT’s Game 7 coverage of Memphis/Oklahoma City averaged a 3.6 U.S. HH rating and 5.8 million total viewers to propel the network to win the night across all of cable in primetime. The telecast – peaking with a 3.7 U.S. HH rating and 6.2 million total viewers from 10:30-10:45p.m. – was up 33% in U.S. HH rating and 32% among total viewers over last year’s comparable Game 7 between the Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls (2.7 U.S. HH rating; 4.4 million total viewers).

Game 7 between the Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers averaged a 2.3 U.S. HH rating and 3.5 million total viewers, peaking with a 3.4 U.S. HH rating and an average of 5.5 million total viewers from 8-8:15 p.m.

Following the Game 7 tripleheader, TNT’s Inside the NBA delivered a 1.8 U.S. HH rating from 1:52-2:43 a.m. ET, based on metered market ratings. Saturday’s overnight rating is up +38% when compared with the show’s 1.3 average rating over the entire first round in 2014.

Additional notes about the NBA Playoffs are included below in the NBA TV and NBA.com & NBA Mobile sections.

Cartoon Network

Across the 1st week of May 2014, Cartoon Network’s delivery ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) among boys 9-14. Total Day delivery increased among kids 2-11 by 8% and kids 6-11 by 4% vs. the same time period last year.

On Monday Night (6- 8 p.m.), Cartoon Network scored as the #1 destination among boys 6-11 & 9-14, increasing by double digits – ranging between 25% and 32% – across all targeted demos vs. the same time period last year. The new episode premiere of Regular Show (6:30 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the week among boys 9-14, and #1 in its time period among boys 6-11. The new episode premiere of the newest animated series, Clarence(7 p.m.) ranked as the #1 telecast of the day among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and boys 6-11. Additionally, the episode premiere ofAdventure Time(6 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among kids 6-11 and boys 6-11 & 9-14. All three episode premiere increased delivery by double digits across all targeted demos, ranging between 23% and 74% vs. the same time period last year.

Cartoon Network also ranked as the #1 destination among boys 9-14 vs. all television on Wednesday Night (6-8 p.m.), increasing among kids 2-11 by 8% and kids 6-11 by 1%. The episode premieres of Johnny Test(6 p.m.), Teen Titans Go!(6 p.m.), and Steven Universe (7 p.m.) ranked #1 in their respective time periods among boys 9-14. The episode premiere of Teen Titans Go! increased among all targeted kids and boy demos vs. the same time period last year.

Furthermore, Cartoon Network scored as the #1 destination on all television among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Tuesday and Thursday Night (6-8 p.m.), while growing among all targeted demos—ranging between 6% and 24% vs. the same time period last year.

Saturday morning’s episode premiere of Pokémon The Series XY(8:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14. The episode premiere ofTenkai Knights(7 a.m.) increased among kids 2-11 by 36% & 6-11 by 44% and boys 2-11 by 18% & 6-11 by 41% vs. the same time period last year.

Adult Swim

Across the first week of May 2014, Adult Swim’s Total Day Delivery ranked #1 among adults 18-24 & 18-34 and men 18-24 & 18-34 on basic cable this week.

The episode premiere of Robot Chicken (Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all key adults and men 18-34, while increasing among men 18-34 by 2% and men 18-49 by 8% vs. the same time period last year.

Adult Swim’s programming – including Family Guy, The Boondocks, and Robot Chicken – accounted for 19 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week among adults 18-34 and 23 of the top 50 among men 18-34, both more than any other network.

TBS

The Big Bang Theory on TBS continued to trounce the competition last week. The blockbuster comedy accounted for 14 of basic cable’s Top 15 sitcom telecasts for the weekamong total viewers and adults 18-49.

Two of TBS’s unscripted originals scored growth last week. The hilarious hidden-camera competition series Deal With It averaged more than 1.2 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for Wednesday night’s episode, with demos growth of +10% among adults 18-34 and +2% among adults 18-49 compared to the prior week. And Monday’s episode of Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show garnered 849,000 viewers in Live + 3 delivery, growing its demos by +37% among adults 18-34 and +5% among adults 18-49, compared to the prior week.

NBA TV

NBA TV’s comprehensive coverage of the NBA Playoffs first round netted the network’smost-watched game coverage of all time and itstwo most-viewed telecasts ever. NBA TV’s seven originally produced live game telecasts averaged 720,000 total viewers to register the network’s most-viewed NBA Playoff coverage of all time, a +237% increase over the comparable first round coverage last year. The network’s presentation of Game 6 featuring the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks on Thursday, May 1, produced NBA TV’s most-viewed telecast ever with an average of 1,071,000 total viewers.

The Pacers/Hawks game peaked with 1,978,000 total viewers from 9:30-9:45 p.m. ET, the most-watched quarter hour in the network’s history. NBA TV’s Pacers/Hawks telecast surpassed the mark set two days earlier (Tuesday, April 27) – Memphis vs. Oklahoma City, Game 5 – with an average of 939,000 total viewers.

Four of NBA TV’s live game telecasts were up triple digits among total viewers over last year’s comparable coverage including the aforementioned Grizzlies/Thunder Game 5 (+452%), along with the Atlanta Hawks/Indiana Pacers Game 5, on Wednesday, April 28 (+227%), the Pacers/Hawks Game 3 on Thursday, April 24 (+209%) and the Dallas Mavericks/San Antonio Spurs Game 2 on Wednesday, April 23 (+186%).

Additional NBA TV highlights include:

– The network delivering three of its most-viewed game telecasts of all time – Indiana/Atlanta Game 6, Memphis/Oklahoma City Game 5, and Indiana/Atlanta Game 3 with an average of 757,000 total viewers);

– The best delivery in network history across all key demos with each category up more than 200% over last year’s NBA Playoffs;

– Total day audience up 103% on NBA TV since the start of the playoffs and the network’s highest-ever daily viewership for the opening round of the playoffs;

– NBA GameTime, the network’s signature studio show, generating +31% viewership increases for its post-game coverage throughout the first round.

NBA Digital has also registered record traffic across its digital platforms – NBA.com and NBA Mobile – with page views up 29% and video views up 7% over last year. NBA Mobile, in particular, has posted a 126% increase in video views and 46% gain in page views when compared with the first round of the playoffs in 2013. The league’s staple NBA Game Time app is up more than 100% in downloads since the playoffs began.

Since the start of the NBA Playoffs, seven of the top 10 most-discussed TV programs on Twitter have been NBA games, with Game 2 of the Oklahoma City/Memphis series (airing on TNT) ranking as the most-discussed NBA Playoff game on Twitter during the 2014 NBA Playoffs to date

TBS and TNT scored major victories in the ratings race for April 2014. TBS ranked as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime delivery of all key adult demos, while TNT topping the charts as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime among total viewers. TNT also won the race in total day delivery of adults 25-54 and came in second to TBS among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 in primetime.

TBS’s demo win in April continues the network’s ratings streak. After ranking as basic cable’s #1 network with adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 for all of 2013, TBS kept its winning ways going with additional demo victories for Q1 2014.

Both TBS and TNT grew their primetime audiences in April, with TBS rising by +9% and TNT increasing by +3%. The networks’ nearest competitors, meanwhile, dropped by double-digit percentages. In addition to its primetime growth, TNT increased its total day audience by +2%.

TBS and TNT’s success in April was driven in large part by the networks’ championship sports coverage. Turner Sports and CBS Sports‘ exclusive presentation of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Semifinals across TBS, TNT and truTV – with the traditional game telecast airing on TBS and team-specific coverage available via TNT and truTV for each game – averaged 14 million total viewers. The semifinals also delivered the two most-watched college basketball telecasts in cable television history: Kentucky vs. Wisconsin, which also ranked as basic cable’s #1 program of the month, and Connecticut vs. Florida. Including the Regional Finals, held Saturday, March 29, TBS televised the top four most-viewed NCAA games of all time during this year’s tournament.

TNT’s coverage of the NBA Playoffs are showing double-digit growth compared to 2013. This year’s coverage is averaging 3.8 million viewers (+19% vs. 2013 playoffs-to-date) and a 2.4 U.S. HH rating (+14%) through 15 live game telecasts. TNT’s NBA Playoff telecasts have also won the night six times among men 18-34 and men 18-49, and TNT has delivered nine of the top 10 NBA Playoff telecasts on cable over the opening week of the playoffs.

In addition to the month’s sports coverage, TBS drew strength from its ratings juggernaut The Big Bang Theory, which continued in April to rank as basic cable’s #1 off-net sitcom on basic cable among viewers and adults 18-49. TNT’s Dallas marked ratings success, as well, ranking as one of basic cable’s 10 most-watched original dramas in April.

Adult Swim

Across April 2014, Adult Swim ranked as the #1 television network on basic cable for Total Day Delivery of adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49.

New episodes of Adult Swim’s original animated primetime seriesRick and Morty (Monday, 10:30 p.m.) grew average delivery of adults 18-34& 18-49 and all targeted men vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 5% and 35%. Off-network new episode premieres of The Cleveland Show(9:30 p.m.) and Family Guy(10 p.m.) both grew average deliveries of targeted adults and men by double-digits, ranging between 13% and 131%, vs. the same time period last year.

Crowning Adult Swim’s April performance, the season 4 premiere of The Boondocksscored as the network’s most-watched primetime telecast in five years among adults 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24; the most-watched original series premiere in the last six years among all targeted adults; and the most-watched telecast in 2014 to date across young adults 18-24. Compared to the same time period last year, The Boondocks earned across-the-board ratings and deliverygrowth ranging between 75% and 96%. Overall, The Boondocks attracted nearly three million viewers 2+, representing a 58% increase vs. last year’s time period.

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy, The Boondocks, American Dad and Robot Chicken—accounted for 22 of the top 50 telecasts in April on basic cable among adults 18-34, and 19 of the top 50 among men 18-34, both more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across April 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) delivery of boys 9-14. Early Prime in April also increased vs. the March 2014 performance among kids 2-11 and kids 6-11 by 3%.

On the strength of its original animated programming, Cartoon Network scored as the #1 television network among all targeted boys on Monday Night (6-8 p.m.), earning average delivery growth across all targeted kids and boys demos vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 3% and 10%.

Among the Monday highlights in April, the season 6 premiere of the award-winning Adventure Time (April 21, 6 p.m.) ranked as the #1 telecast of the month among boys 2-11 & 9-14, earning triple-digit growth across all targeted kids and boy demos, ranging between 107% and 164%. Additionally, the April 14 new episode premiere of Regular Show(6:30 p.m.) charted the #1 telecast of the month among boys 6-11. The Emmy-winning series also ranked #1 in its time period across April among kids 9-14 and all targeted boys, with new episode premieres earning double-digit growth across the board, between 67% and 95%. Finally, new original series Clarence(7 p.m.) scored as the #1 program on Mondays among kids 6-11 and all targeted boys, #1 in its time period among kids and boys, and grew by double digits across all targeted demos vs. the same time period last year, between 40% and 65%.

On Wednesday nights in April, Cartoon Network ranked as the #1 destination on all television among boys 9-14 in Early Prime (6-8 p.m.), earning delivery gains across all kids 2-11 & 6-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 vs. last year, between 5% and 14%. New premiere episodes of The Tom and Jerry Show(5:30 p.m.) grew among kids 2-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 between 3% and 8%. Teen Titans Go! ranked #1 in its 6 p.m. time period among boys 6-11 & 9-14, with premiere episodes growing by mostly double-digits across all targeted kids and boys—between 9% and 33%.

Rounding out the week in April, Cartoon Network also ranked as the #1 television network (broadcast & cable) among boys 9-14 on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Nights (6-8 p.m.).

On Saturday mornings, new episode premieres of Pokémon The Series XY(8:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14. Similarly, Legends of Chima(9:30 a.m.) grew average delivery of kids 2-11 & 9-14 and boys 6-11 & 9-14, ranging between 2% and 38%, vs. the same time period last year.

NBA TV

Through the opening week of the NBA Playoffs, NBA TV’s three originally produced game telecasts averaged 589,000 total viewers for an increase of +48% compared with the network’s first three playoff telecasts last year. NBA TV’s telecast of Game 3 between the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks averaged 757,000 total viewers and peaked with more than 1.3 million total viewers from 9:15-9:30 p.m. The Pacers/Hawks telecast ranked #1 among men 18-34 and men 18-49 across all NBA TV programming for 2014-to-date.

Across the third week of April, Adult Swim once again ranked #1 in Prime Time among adults 18-34. Adult Swim’s Total Day delivery average also ranked #1 among adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34, & 18-49 on basic cable for the week.

Adult Swim’s original animated seriesRick and Morty(Monday, 10:30 p.m.) grew its average delivery of adults 18-34 & 18-49 and all targeted men vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 1% and 12%.Family Guy(10 p.m.) also ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-24, posting year-over-year double-digit delivery gains of all targeted adults/men 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24, ranging between 17% and 50%.

On Saturday night, Naruto(12:30 a.m.) was #1 in its time period among adult 18-24 and men 18-24. One Piece (1 a.m.), Blue Exorcist(1:30 a.m.), and Black Lagoon(2 a.m.) each ranked #1 in their respective time periods among adults 18-24 & 18-34 and men 18-24. Blue Exorcist grew year-over-year among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-34 & 18-49, while Black Lagoon was up among all targeted adults and men 18-34 & 18-49.

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy,American Dad,Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty and The Boondocks – accounted for 31 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week with adults 18-34 and men 18-34, both more than any other network.

TNT

The NBA Playoffs on TNT tipped off Sunday, April 20, with three strong telecasts — Dallas vs. San Antonio at 1 p.m. (ET), Chicago vs. Washington at 7 p.m. (ET) and Portland at Houston at 9:30 p.m. (ET) – averaging 3.9 million total viewers, a +3% increase over the comparable coverage last year.

Leading the pack, TNT’s coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers against the Houston Rockets delivered 4.1 million total viewers to rank as the most-watched sports program across cable television for the week. It also ranked as basic cable’s #1 program for the week in delivery of adults 18-49 (2.4 million)and as the top sports telecast for the week among adults 18-34 (1.3 million) and adults 25-54 (2.1 million).

TNT’s hit drama Dallas scored double-digit growth across the board in Live + 3 delivery for last Monday’s spring finale. The show garnered more than 3.0 million viewersin Live + 3, a +16% increase over the prior week. In key demos, the show drew 1.4 million adults 25-54 (+25% vs. the prior week) and more than 1.1 million adults 18-49 (+27%). Dallas will kick off the second half of its third season in August.

Cartoon Network

Across the third week of April 2014, Cartoon Network scored as television’s #1 network for Total Day and Early Prime (6-8 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14. Compared to the same time period last year, Total Day delivery grew among all targeted kid demos: kids 2-11 increased by 8%, kids 6-11 by 19%, kids 9-14 by 17%. Early Prime also increased vs. last year’s time period among kids 2-11 by 2% and kids 6-11 by 5%.

On Monday night (6-8 p.m.), Cartoon Network ranked as the #1 television network among all targeted kids and boys, earning double-digit gains across all demos vs. last year, ranging between 17% and 40%. The new episode premiere of Regular Show (6:30 p.m.) was the #1 telecast of the week among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and all boy demos, and #1 for the day among all targeted kids and boys. The original animated series premiere of Clarence(7 p.m.) also ranked #1 in its time period among all kids/boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Both telecasts increased average delivery by double and triple digits across targeted demos, ranging between 25% and 112% vs. the same time period last year.

Cartoon Network also was the #1 television network vs. all broadcast & cable TV among kids 6-11 & 9-14 plus all targeted boys on Wednesday Night (6-8 p.m.). Average delivery in Early Prime increased by double digits among all kids/boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 vs. last year, ranging between 23% and 60%. New episode premieres of The Tom & Jerry Show(5:30 p.m.) and Teen Titans Go! (6 p.m.) ranked #1 in their respective time periods among boys 6-11 & 9-14. Similarly, the new episode of Ninjago (7 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the day among kids 6-11 & 9-14 and all targeted boys, while another new episode at 6:30 p.m. ranked #1 in its time period among kids 9-14 and boys 6-11 & 9-14. Overall, all Wednesday night new episode premieres grew by mostly double digits among all kids/boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 vs. the same time period last year.

On Tuesday night (6-8 p.m.), Cartoon Network was the #1 television destination vs. all TV among boys 6-11 & 9-14, with average delivery of all targeted demos growing between 9% and 38% vs. the same time period last year. Cartoon Network also was the #1 television network vs. all TV among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Friday Night (6-8 p.m.) and #1 among all key boys on Saturday Night (6-8 p.m.).

New episode premieres of Pokémon The Series XY(8:30 a.m.) and Ben 10: Omniverse(9 a.m.)ranked #1 in their respective time periods among boys 9-14. Legends of Chima(9:30 a.m.) also grew delivery of kids 9-14 and boys 9-14 vs. the same time period last year.

TBS

Two of TBS’s unscripted series garnered solid audiences last week. Wednesday’s telecast of Deal With It saw growth across the board, with more than 1.4 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery (+7% vs. the prior week); 894,000 adults 18-49 (+11%) and 518,000 adults 18-34 (+18%). And Monday’s premiere episode of Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show averaged 1.2 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery, with 719,000 adults 18-49 and 444,000 adults 18-34.

TBS’s Sunday night presentation of Tyler Perry’s: Medea’s Big Happy Family at 8 p.m. drew 2.1 million viewers and ranked as basic cable’s #1 movie telecast for the week among adults 18-49, with 1.0 million in the demo.

TBS’s ratings juggernaut The Big Bang Theory accounted for 19 of basic cable’s Top 20 off-net sitcom telecasts among total viewers last week, as well as 17 of the Top 20 among adults 18-49.

truTV

truTV’s hit series Impractical Jokers drew 1.1 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery for last Thursday’s episode, a +3% boost over the prior week’s episode. The episode also ranked as one of cable’s Top 5 entertainment programs in its timeslot with adults 18-49 (707,000) and grew its delivery of men 18-49 by +5% over the prior week.

Across the second week of April, and with a full primetime programming scheduled (8 – 11 p.m.), Adult Swim ranked #1 in Primetime delivery of adults 18-34 among all basic cable networks. Adult Swim’s Total Day weekly averages also ranked #1 on basic cable among adults 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24 as well as men 18-34, 18-49, & 18-24. Total Day delivery also grew +3% among men 18-49 vs. the same time period last year.

Among Adult Swim’s original programming, the Season 7 premiere of the Primetime Emmy-winningRobot Chicken(Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted adults 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24 and male demos 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24. The premiere also built delivery of all targeted men vs. the same time period last year – men 18-34 grew by 16%, men 18-49 by 13% and men 18-24 by 8%.

On Monday night, the primetime original animated seriesRick & Morty(10:30 p.m.) grew targeted adults 18-34 and 18-49 (between 6% and 9%) and all male demos (between 41% and 87%) vs. the same time period last year. Adult Swim’s off-network new episode premieres of Family Guy (10 p.m.) posted double-digit delivery gains among adults 18-49 (13%) and men 18-24 (21%) & 18-49 (18%) vs. last year’s time period, while American Dad(11 p.m.) grew average delivery of men 18-34 and men 18-49 both by 2%.

Saturday night’s anime programming block TOONAMI presentations ofBleach (12 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adult 18-24 & 18-34 and all targeted male demos, while Naruto(12:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all targeted men 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24. One Piece(1 a.m.) and Black Lagoon(2 a.m.) also ranked #1 in their respective time period men 18-34 & 18-49. Blue Exorcist(1:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults & men 18-34, andgrew delivery of adults 18-34 and men 18-34 & 18-49, while Black Lagoonincreased delivery of its targeted young adults and men 18-34 & 18-49 by double digits ranging between 15% and 40%.

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy, American Dad, Robot Chicken, The Boondocks, Bobs Burgers, Rick and Morty, Superjail and The Greatest Event in TV History – accounted for 33 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week with adults 18-34, more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across the second week of April 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Thursday Night (6-8 p.m.), and the #1 network among boys 9-14 on Monday Night (6-8 p.m.).

Among Cartoon Network’s original animated programming, a new episode of Teen Titans Go!on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14.

Saturday Morning’s animated action-adventure programming line-up grew among kids 6-11 by 5% and boys 6-11 by 1% vs. last year’s time period. New episode premieres of Ben 10: Omniverse(9 a.m.) and Legends of Chima(9:30 a.m.) both earned significant delivery gains across all targeted kids and boy demos vs. the same time period last year. Ben 10: Omniverse charted between 4% and 12% delivery increases among kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, which Legends of Chima scored between 27% and 65% increases across kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Additionally, the new episode premiere of Pokémon The Series XY(8:30 a.m.)ranked #1 in its time period among boys 9-14, earning 4% delivery gains among kids 6-11 vs. last year.

TBS

TBS’s Deal With It garnered more than 1.3 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing for last Tuesday’s episode. In the demos, the show averaged 804,000 adults 18-49 and 439,000 adults 18-34.

The Big Bang Theory on TBS accounted for 14 of basic cable’s Top 15 off-net sitcom telecasts among total viewers and adults 18-49.

TNT

Last Monday’s episode of the TNT drama Dallastook in 2.6 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery, including 1.1 million adults 25-54.

TNT’s presentation of the award-winning blockbuster The Help drew 1.8 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery Friday night and ranked as basic cable’s #1 movie telecast for the week among adults 25-54.

Turner Sports and CBS Sports‘ exclusive presentation of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Semifinals (Saturday, April 5) across TBS, TNT and truTV delivered the two most-watched college basketball telecasts in cable television history. The networks’ collective coverage of Saturday’s National Semifinals – Florida vs. Connecticut and Wisconsin vs. Kentucky – averaged 14 million total viewers and a 9.1 coverage household rating.

Kentucky against Wisconsin grossed 16.3 million total viewers and an 11.0 coverage household rating to become the most-viewed college basketball game of all time on a cable television network. The telecast peaked with an average of 18.6 million total viewers and a 12.7 HH coverage rating from 11-11:30 p.m. ET.

Coverage of Connecticut/Florida across the three networks grossed 11.7 million total viewers and an 8.2 coverage household rating to become the second most-watched college basketball game ever on a cable television network. The Connecticut/Florida telecast peaked with an average of 16.2 million total viewers and a 10.9 HH coverage rating from 8-8:30 p.m.

NCAA March Madness Live

NCAA March Madness Live, managed by Turner Sports, set a new record for video consumption during the 2014 NCAA Tournament, with 69.7 million live video streams collectively across all platforms. This year’s live video streams grew by +42% over last year’s tournament, far exceeding the total of 49 million live video streams for the entire tournament in 2013.

NCAA March Madness Live netted 15 million hours of live video consumed for this year’s tournament, also an all-time record and a +7% increase over last year. Additionally, NCAA March Madness Live represented a watershed event for the TV Everywhere initiative, marking record-setting year-over-year growth in usage and surpassing total TV Everywhere consumption for the entire 2013 tournament by the end of the second round.

In addition to its record-breaking television audience, the National Semifinals delivered unprecedented growth across March Madness Live. The two games netted 3.8 million live streams for an increase of +76% over last year. The doubleheader also combined to register more than one million hours of live video consumed, a +37% increase over 2013. According to Social Guide, the National Semifinals tallied more than 1.8 million tweets – seen by nearly 200 million followers – for a +36% increase over last year.

Monday’s National Championship between Kentucky and Connecticut generated 2.1 million live video streams, a +30% increase over last year’s championship game.

Mobile platforms (tablets and smartphones) experienced significant growth, with live streams increasing by +71% during the NCAA Tournament. Live streaming hours across mobile also delivered considerable growth, rising +38% over last year.

TV Everywhere usage marked tremendous year-over-year growth, +85% in live streams and +72% in hours spent viewing. Users who were logged in spent more time watching games, streaming an average of +67% more minutes than users who weren’t logged in. Additionally, mobile platforms saw a huge surge in TV Everywhere usage for the 2014 tournament, with live streams on logged-in mobile devices representing 52% of the total TV Everywhere usage for the entire tournament.

TBS

TBS, which last week swept all key adult demos in primetime for Q1 2014, extended its success into the new quarter, ranking as basic cable’s #1 network for the week in primetime delivery of total viewers and all key adult demos.

Last Tuesday’s season five finale of Cougar Town averaged 1.9 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing. In key demos, the show averaged more than 1.2 million adults 18-49 (+7% vs. the prior week) and 589,000 adults 18-34.

TBS’s hit series Deal With It garnered 1.5 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing for last Tuesday’s episode. The show matched its prior week’s average among adults 18-49 (904,000) and grew +5% among adults 18-34 (453,000).

The Big Bang Theory on TBS accounted for 19 of basic cable’s Top 20 off-net sitcom telecasts among total viewers and 17 of the Top 20 among adults 18-49.

Adult Swim

In its first week touting a full primetime programming schedule (8 p.m. – 6 a.m.), Adult Swim’s average Total Day performance continued to rank #1 on basic cable among adults 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24 as well as among men 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24. Additionally, Adult Swim claimed basic cable’s second most-watched network in primetime among adults 18-34.

On Sunday night, the world television premiere of Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period on basic cable among all targeted adults 18-34, 18-49 & 18-24 and men 18-34 & 18-49.

Among its original programming line-up, a new episode the Adult Swim original series Check It Out(Thursday, 12:30 a.m.) scored solid delivery gains among adults 18-34 (14%), adults 18-49 (2%), men 18-34 (20%) and men 18-49 (5%) vs. the same time period last year.

Saturday night’s TOONAMI anime programming line-up also scored big: Naruto (12:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among men 18-34, while One Piece(1 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-24 and men 18-24 & 18-34. Blue Exorcist(1:30 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-34 & 18-24, and Black Lagoon(2 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults 18-24. One Piecegrew average delivery year-over-year among adults 18-34 (17%) & 18-49 (16%) and all targeted male demos (between 4% and 33%), while Blue Exorcistand Black Lagoonboth grew average delivery among all targeted adults (between 10% and 22%) and men 18-34 & 18-49.

Among Adult Swim’s key acquired programming on Monday nights,American Dad(11 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among adults & men 18-24, earning delivery gains among all male demos vs. last year (between 2% and 16%). Similarly, The Cleveland Show(9:30 p.m.) posted double-digit delivery gains among all key adults and men (ranging between 29% and 131%), and Family Guy(10 p.m.) grew delivery among adults and men 18-34 & 18-49 (ranging between 32% and 46%).

Adult Swim programming – including Family Guy, American Dad, Robot Chicken and Rick and Morty – accounted for 25 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the week among adults 18-34, and 27 of the top 50 with men 18-34, both more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across the first week of April 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Thursday Night (6 – 8 p.m.), and #1 among boys 9-14 on Monday and Friday Night (6-8 p.m.).

Among individual night performances, Cartoon Network’s Tuesday night Early Prime (6 – 8 p.m.) average delivery increased vs. the same time period last year among kids 2-11 (2%), 6-11 (8%) and 9-14 (8%), as well as among boys 6-11 (5%). A new episode premiere of the original animated series Uncle Grandpa(7 p.m.) led the evening with significant double-digit delivery growth across all targeted demos vs. last year—kids 2-11 up by 38%, kids 6-11 by 56%, kids 9-14 by 71%, boys 2-11 by 13%, boys 6-11 by 23% and boys 9-14 by 32%. Wednesday Night’s Early Prime performance also earned delivery gains among kids 2-11 (2%).

The network’s Saturday Morning action-adventure line-up (7-11 a.m.) also grew average delivery of kids 2-11 (2%) across the programming block. Among the standouts, a new episode of original animated series Legends of Chima(9:30 a.m.) scored delivery gains across all targeted demos—kids 2-11 grew by 22%, kids 6-11 by 19% and kids 9-14 by 1%. Additionally, new episode premieres of Tenkai Knights(7:30 a.m.) and Pokémon The Series XY (8:30 a.m.)both ranked #1 in their respective time periods among boys 9-14.

TNT

Last Monday’s episode of the TNT hit Dallastook in more than 2.6 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery, a slight increase over the prior week. The drama also scored 1.2 million adults 25-54 in Live + 3 delivery.

Thursday’s NBA on TNT action, featuring the San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, averaged 1.9 million total viewers and a 1.3 U.S. household rating, increasing by +84% and +86% respectively over the comparable telecast last year (Chicago vs. Brooklyn).

TBS has swept the demos by ranking as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime delivery of adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 in Q1 2014. TBS also claimed three of basic cable’s Top 10 original comedies for the quarter.

TNT scored four of basic cable’s Top 15 original dramas for the quarter: Major Crimes, Rizzoli & Isles, Perception and Dallas.

Adult Swim claimed the second most-watched first quarter in its history among adults 18-34, while also ranking as basic cable’s #1 network among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-34 & 18-49 in total day.

(Additional network ratings stories for the quarter, month and week are included below the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and NCAA March Madness Live sections.)

NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship

Turner Sports and CBS Sports‘ exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship – across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – is delivering its highest viewership in 21 years (since 1993). Through the first two weeks, the NCAA Tournament is averaging9.8 million total viewers.

Saturday’s two Elite Eight games on TBS delivered the most-viewed college basketball games in cable television history. The overtime thriller between Wisconsin and Arizona averaged 9.9 million total viewers and the Florida versus Dayton game averaged 7.2 million total viewers to rank first and second of all time, respectively.

NCAA March Madness Live

NCAA March Madness Live, managed by Turner Sports, continues to deliver record-setting video consumption, with more than 64 million live video streams across all platforms through the second week of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. This year’s current total of 64 million live video streams is up +40% when compared tournament to date last year and has far exceeded last year’s total of 49 million video streams for the entire tournament.

Additionally, NCAA March Madness Live has netted 13.5 million hours of live video consumed, an increase of +7% over last year and on pace to rank as an all-time record.

TBS

TBS, which was on track last week to win the quarter as basic cable’s #1 network with adults 18-49, has now swept all key adult demos in primetime for the quarter, with wins among adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The victories with adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 extend the success TBS enjoyed in 2013, when it won both demos for the year.

TBS closed out the quarter by ranking as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime for the week and month among total viewers and all key adult demos.

TBS has claimed three of basic cable’s Top 10 original comedies for the quarter among total viewers, adults 18-34 and adults 18-49:

– Cougar Town – 1.9 million viewers in Q1

– Ground Floor – 1.8 million viewers

– Men at Work – 1.7 million viewers

TBS’s original sitcom Cougar Town, which will close out its fifth season tonight, garnered 1.9 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing for last Tuesday’s episode, an +18% lift over the prior week. Among key demos, the show averaged 1.1 million adults 18-49 (+9%) and 593,000 adults 18-34 (+31%).

TBS’s hit series Deal With It has attracted more than 1.7 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for Wednesday night’s episode. Among key demos, the show has drawn 904,000 adults 18-49 and 431,000 adults 18-34 in Live + 3.

The Big Bang Theory on TBS continues to top the charts, ranking as the #1 off-net sitcom for the quarter and the month among viewers and adults 18-49. Last week, the hit show accounted for 18 of basic cable’s Top 20 off-net sitcom telecasts among total viewers and 19 of the Top 20 among adults 18-49.

TNT

TNT has scored four ofbasic cable’s Top 15 original drama series of Q1 2014:

– Major Crimes – 7.4 million viewers in Q1

– Rizzoli & Isles – 5.6 million viewers

– Perception – 3.3 million viewers

– Dallas – 2.7 million viewers

Last Monday’s episode of the TNT hit Dallastook in more than 2.6 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery (up slightly vs. the prior week). The drama also scored increases among key demos, drawing 1.2 million adults 25-54 in Live + Same Day (+7% vs. the prior week) and 940,000 adults 18-49 (+3%).

TNT’s real-life investigation series Cold Justice scored more than 1.5 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery for Friday night’s season finale, a bump of +3% vs. the prior week. For the season, Cold Justice averaged more than 1.4 million viewers in Live + Same Day, growing its delivery of adults 25-54 by +16% and adults 18-49 by +28% compared to season 1. With time-shifted viewing factored in, Cold Justice is averaging 1.9 million viewersin Live + 7 delivery through the first nine episodes of the season, with 811,000 adults 25-54 and 673,000 adults 18-49.

Adult Swim original seriesCheck It Out(Thursdays, 12:30 a.m.) grew average delivery of adults 18-49 (+3%) and men 18-49 (+3%) vs. last year’s time period.

Anime seriesSpace Dandy’s new episode premieres (Saturday, 11:30 p.m.) grew average delivery among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and all targeted men vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 2% and 17%. Similarly, Bleach new episode premieres (12 a.m.) grew average delivery among adults 18-49 (2%) and men 18-49 (5%). Blue Exorcist new episode premieres (1:30 a.m.) increased delivery of adults 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-49 vs. last year (between 6% and 9%), while Black Lagoon new episode premieres (2 a.m.) grew average delivery by mostly double-digits across all targeted adults and men, between 8% and 65%.

Family Guy Adult Swim episode premieres (Mondays, 10 p.m.) earned double-digit delivery gains across all targeted adults and men vs. the same time period last year, ranging between 25% and 73%. Original animated series Rick and Morty’s new episode premieres (Mondays, 10:30 p.m.) grew average delivery of men 18-34 (1%) and men 18-49 (7%) vs. the same time period last year.

Across the month of March, Adult Swim programming accounted for 18 of the top 50 telecasts on basic cable for the month among adults 18-34, and 12 of the top 50 with men 18-34, both more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across March 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as the #1 television network among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Monday Night (7-9p). Original animated series Steven Universe (8 p.m.) scored as the #1 program on Mondays in March among all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, while Adventure Time(7 p.m.) and Regular Show(7:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in their respective time periods on Monday nights among boys 6-11 & 9-14. Adventure Time episode premieres in March also grew average delivery among kids 9-14 (9%) and all boys 2-11 (1%), 6-11 (2%) and 9-14 (11%) vs. the same time period last year.

On Tuesday nights (7-9 p.m.), Cartoon Network ranked as the #1 television network among boys 6-11 & 9-14, earning average delivery growth compare to last year among boys 2-11 (4%). Among original programming, the animated comedy Uncle Grandpa(8 p.m.) stood out as the #1 program in its time period in March among boys 2-11 & 6-11, and grew average delivery among targeted kids 2-11 (4%), 6-11 (6%) & 9-14 (4%) and all boy demos (ranging between 8% and 16%) vs. the same time period last year.

Cartoon Network captured all targeted boy demos in March on Wednesday nights (7-9 p.m.) as the #1 television network for boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. The March performance increased average delivery among all kids and boy demos vs. last year, ranging between 5% and 12%. The animated series DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk(8 p.m.) scored as March’s #1 program on Wednesdays among boys 6-11, and #1 in its time period for the month among all targeted boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Teen Titans Go! (7:30 p.m.) also ranked #1 in its time period among targeted boys. New episode premieres of both series grew by double-digits across the board (all kid and boy demos) vs. the same time periods last year, ranging between 19% and 69%.

New episode premieres of Saturday morning’s Pokémon The Series XY (8:30 a.m.) grew average delivery among kids 2-11 & 6-11 vs. the same time period last year (between 2% and 7%), and Legends of Chima(9:30 a.m.) was up among kids 2-11 & 6-11 (between 12% and 13%) and boys 2-11 & 6-11 (between 9% and 10%).

truTV

truTV’s hit series Impractical Jokers wrangled 1.5 million viewers for their special Texas episode last Thursday, including 786,000 adults 18-49. The show ranked as one of cable’s Top 5 programs in the 9:30 p.m. timeslot among key adult demos and yielded a remarkably low median age of only 33.

TBS Ranks #1 on Basic Cable with Adults 18-49 in Prime for the Quarter;

TNT Scores Four of Basic Cable’s Top 15 Original Dramas

Both Networks Extend Last Year’s Success with Original Programming

With one week left in Q1 2014, TBS is topping the charts as basic cable’s #1 network in primetime among adults 18-49 for the quarter-to-date, extending its success in the demo it won in 2013. TNT is also extending its 2013 success by charting four of basic cable’s Top 15 original dramas for Q1 2014, with Major Crimes, Rizzoli & Isles, Perception and Dallas. In addition, TBS claims three of basic cable’s Top 10 original comedies for the quarter, including Cougar Town, Men at Work and Ground Floor, which also ranks as one of basic cable’s Top 10 new series with key demos.

Complete details about TBS and TNT’s ratings achievements for Q1 2014 are included below.

TBS’s Ratings Success in Q1 2014

TBS ranks as basic cable’s #1 network on basic cable in primetime delivery of adults 18-49 for the quarter-to-date, continuing its success in the same demo the network won for all of 2013.

TBS is on track to claim three of basic cable’s Top 10 original comedies for the quarter among total viewers, adults 18-34 and adults 18-49:

– Cougar Town

– Ground Floor

– Men at Work

Leading TBS’s original sitcom slate is Cougar Town, which has drawn 1.9 million viewers in Live + 7 blended delivery so far this quarter, with 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 606,000 adults 18-34 .

TBS’s new original sitcom Ground Floor chalked up 1.8 million viewers this quarter. The series ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 10 new originals this quarter with key demos, averaging 1.1 million adults 18-49 and 640,000 adults 18-34.

Season three of TBS’s Men at Work has averaged 1.7 million viewers in Live + 7 blended delivery, including 1.0 million adults 18-49 and 488,000 adults 18-34.

The sophomore season of TBS’s geeky competition series King of the Nerds has drawn 1.4 million viewers in Live + 7 blended delivery, including 962,000 adults 18-49 and 485,000 adults 18-34 this season.

In late night, TBS’s CONAN is showing growth over Q4 2013, drawing 851,000 viewers in Live + 7 blended data (+2% vs. Q4). The growth was even stronger in key demos, with adults 18-34 growing by +12% to 332,000 and adults 18-49 increasing by +5% to 556,000.

TBS continues to draw strength from its telecasts of the hit comedy The Big Bang Theory, which once again ranks as basic cable’s #1 off-net series among total viewers and adults 18-49.

TNT’s Ratings Success in Q1 2014

TNT is home to four ofbasic cable’s Top 15 original drama series for the quarter-to-date:

– Major Crimes

– Rizzoli & Isles

– Perception

– Dallas

Major Crimes leads TNT’s winter slate of scripted dramas with 7.4 million viewers in Live + 7 delivery, making it one of basic cable’s Top 3 original series for the quarter. Major Crimes also scored 2.2 million adults 25-54, ranking among the Top 10 originals for the quarter.

Rizzoli & Isles currently ranks as one of basic cable’s Top 10 original series this quarter, with 5.1 million viewers and 1.6 million adults 25-54 in Live + 7 blended delivery.

Rounding out TNT’s entries on the list of Top 20 original dramas this quarter are Perception, averaging 2.9 million viewers as it wraps up its third season, and Dallas, which has garnered 2.6 million viewers so far in season 3.

On the unscripted front, TNT’s real-life investigation series Cold Justice is averaging 1.8 million viewers in Live + 7 blended delivery for the quarter-to-date. Now in its second season, the series has grown its Live + Same Day deliveries by +5% among adults 25-54 and +19% among adults 18-49 compared to season one.

Through its opening week, the NCAA Tournament is averaging 9.2 million viewers, a +4% increase through the same period last year (8.9 million viewers). Through its first six days, the tournament is averaging a 5.9 U.S. household rating (+2% vs. a 5.8 U.S. HH rating to date in 2013). The 5.9 U.S. HH rating is tied with 1998 as the highest rating for the opening week of the tournament in 17 years.

This year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship has netted audience growth through each stage including a record-setting NCAA First Four on truTV and year-to-date viewership increases during the second and third rounds.

Driven in part by the success of the NCAA, TBS ranked as basic cable’s #1 network on in primetime among total viewers, adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, with TNT ranking second with viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and truTV ranking among the Top 10 with adult demos. In addition, TNT scored basic cable’s top spot for the week in total day delivery of adults 25-54.

NCAA March Madness Live

NCAA March Madness Live, managed by Turner Sports, has delivered record-setting video consumption for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, with more than 51 million video streams over the first week of the tournament already surpassing the total of 49 million video streams for the entire event last year. The 51 million live video streams – across online and mobile platforms (tablets and smart phones) – have grown +40% when compared tournament to date with 2013. Additionally, NCAA March Madness Live has netted more than 10.5 million hours of live video consumed, an increase of +6% over last year and on pace to rank as an all-time record.

TNT

TNT’s hit drama Rizzoli & Isles, one of basic cable’s Top 10 original series this quarter, garnered more than 5.3 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for last Tuesday’s episode. Among key demos, the show averaged more than 1.7 million adults 25-54 and 1.5 million adults 18-49.

Last Tuesday’s episode of Perceptiongrabbed more than 2.9 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery, with 1.0 million adults 25-54 and 864,000 adults 18-49.

TNT’s Dallaswrangled 2.6 million viewers in Live + 3 delivery for last Monday’s episode. The drama scored slight increases over the prior week among both adults 25-54 (1.1 million) and adults 18-49 (911,000).

TBS

TBS’s original sitcom Cougar Towngarnered 1.6 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing for last Tuesday’s episode. Among key demos, the show averaged 1.0 million adults 18-49 and 451,000 adults 18-34.

TBS’s run of The Big Bang Theorycontinues to conquer the competition. Last week, the hit show accounted for 14 of basic cable’s Top 15 off-net sitcom telecasts among total viewers and 13 of the Top 15 among adults 18-49.

Adult Swim

For the third week in a row this month, Adult Swim’s average Total Day Delivery ranked #1 on basic cable among adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49.

The new episode premiere of Adult Swim’s original series Check It Out(Thursday, 12:30 a.m.) earned delivery gains among all targeted young adults and men 18-24 & 18-49 vs. the same time period last year – adults 18-34 grew by 10%, adults 18-49 by 5%, adults 18-24 by 9%, men 18-24 by 9% and men 18-49 by 2%.

Monday night’s telecast ofThe Cleveland Show (9:30 p.m.) earned delivery gains vs. last year among adults 18-34 and men 18-34 & 18-49, ranging between 4% and 33%. Family Guy (10 p.m.) scored double and triple-digit delivery increases among all targeted young adults and men, ranging between 24% and 123%. Additionally, original animated series Rick & Morty (10:30 p.m.) earned delivery gains among adults 18-34 and all targeted men—adults 18-34 increased by 1%, men 18-34 by 35%, men 18-49 by 30% and men 18-24 by 32%.

Among Saturday night’s TOONAMI block anime programming line-up,Space Dandy (Saturday, 11:30 p.m.) grew delivery vs. last year among adults 18-34 & 18-49 and all men, ranging between 13% and 36%. Blue Exorcist (1:30 a.m.) and the series premiere of Black Lagoon (2 a.m.) scored mostly double-digit delivery gains among all targeted adults and men vs. last year, ranging between 9% and 85%.

Adult Swim original and acquired programming – including Family Guy, American Dad, Robot Chicken, The Boondocks and Rick and Morty – accounted for 22 of the top 50 telecasts of the week on basic cable among adults 18-34, and 22 of the top 50 programs among men 18-34, both more than any other network.

Cartoon Network

Across the fourth week of March 2014, Cartoon Network ranked as television’s #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14.

Monday’s season finale of the original animated comedy Adventure Time(7 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the week among boys 6-11, #1 for the day among kids 9-14 and boys 6-11 & 9-14, #1 in its timeslot among kids 9-14 and all key boys – also increasing delivery across the board between 8% and 26%. The premieres of Regular Show (7:30p) and Steven Universe (8p) ranked #1 in their respective timeslots with all key boys, while Annoying Orange (8:30p) was #1 in its time period with boys 2-11 & 6-11.

On Wednesday night (7-9 p.m.), Cartoon Network again ranked as the #1 network among all targeted boy demos, increasing average delivery among kids 2-11 & 6-11 and all boys between 3% and 18%. The new episode premiere of Teen Titans Go!(7:30 p.m.)ranked at the #1 telecast of the day among boys 9-14, #1 in its timeslot among kids 2-11 & 6-11 and all boys, and earned double-digit delivery gains among all targeted kids and boys vs. last year, between 33% and 69%.

Saturday morning programming (7-11 a.m.) increased delivery of kids 2-11 & 6-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 between 10% and 18%, with the new episode premiere of Pokémon The Series XY (8:30 a.m.) ranking #1 in its time period among boys 9-14.